* The Librarian from Literature/{{Discworld}}, who says only "ook," but can be understood by some characters. There's a LampshadeHanging in ''Moving Pictures'', where the Bursar tries to explain to the Archchancellor the difference between the "ook" for "yes" and the "ook" for "no," and it becomes apparent he doesn't really know ''how'' he understands what the Librarian says.** And ''eek'' which seems to mean "ook," but more emphatic.** Discworld actually does it well, with no parrot translations.** Also the Death of Rats only says [[AC:Squeak]], but has no problem getting his opinions across (or if he does, Quoth the Raven can translate).*** Given that he hardly talks to anyone but Quoth, Death, Susan, and the rodents he comes for, this might be justified.* Sunny from ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' talks only in babyspeak, which is translated either by her siblings, or by Lemony Snicket's distinctive and verbose definitions. As the series goes on she gradually becomes more intelligible, going from gibberish to slurred words to distinct words to her CrowningMomentOfAwesome first full sentence: "I am not a baby."* Razorback of the WhateleyUniverse can only make weird growling and barking noises. Since he looks mostly like a velociraptor, it's not really surprising he doesn't have a human larynx.* I don't know if he's in TheFilmOfTheBook, but ''TheBlindSide'' has Ole Miss' Coach O, whose thick Louisiana drawl boarders on gibberish to everyone except fellow Louisianan Sean Tuohy.** He plays himself in the movie, and, in this troper's opinion, he isn't that bad, unless he's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX7wzhMvbzo excited]]* Baby Kayla from ''The Giggler Treatment'' can only say 'a-bah' but everyone understands her anyway, because they love her so much. To the point where Mr. Mack actually mistook 'a-bah' for Kayla's first words... "Mind the poo!" (which were, incidentally, said by Rover the dog. It makes sense in context.)* Hodor from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' says exactly one word: Hodor. In fact, it's not even his name (his real name is Walder). Though Bran occasionally notes that he doesn't know what Hodor's trying to say, it's generally pretty obvious from the context.* Creator/DavidWeber has fun with this - neither the Orions in the {{Starfire}} books nor the Rish in ''Literature/InFuryBorn'' have the necessary vocal apparatus to speak English. On the other hand, both races can understand English perfectly well, and vice versa, even if it can be a bit hard on the human ears.** There is one [[NoodleIncident Noodle Character]] who can speak High Rishathan, but the same person could also "reproduce exactly the sound of a buzzsaw hitting a nail at 8000 RPM"...* Tinker Gnomes in the ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'' universe speak extremely fast and have to be reminded constantly to slow down so other races can understand them.* [[spoiler:Subverted with]] Toth from ''[[Literature/{{Belgariad}} The Malloreon]]'' series. Written in the prophecies as "The Silent Man", he is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. He only communicates with vague hand and arm gestures, yet anyone paying attention to him seems to understand him clearly. It takes until the last book, "The Seeress of Kell," for Durnik to finally catch on to what's really happening: [[spoiler:his gestures conceal the fact he's actually a telepath]].* In ''Literature/DaveBarrySleptHere'', Senator Sam Ervin speaks a Deep Southern language "similar to English, only unintelligible."----